I can recommend "Game Ranger on Horseback" and "Bushlife of a Game Warden" by Nick Steele , who was one of Dr Ian Players contemporaries .

KNP is sacred.I am opposed to the modernisation of Kruger and from the depths of my soul long for the Kruger of yesteryear! 1000+km on foot in KNP incl 56 wild trails.200+ nights in the wildernessndloti-indigenous name for serval.

This book is E X C E L L E N T ! I bought it for my dad, who eviscerated it! I would think that he would at least ration himself, but nooo...Well, fortunately for me he finished it quickly before I was standing in a pool - I was salivating; and it was such a nice read.

I loved every moment of it.

Don't answer a fool with his own stupidity or you'll be like him. Answer a fool with his own stupidity or he'll think he's wise.Proverbs 26:4-5.

A not so well known book : ISBN 0 86954 122 6"Lion" by GL Smuts .He was involved in a research project in KNP on Zebra amongst other animals as part of his postgraduate studies , and returned to KNP permanently in the early '70's as a researcher on predator - prey relationships .

KNP is sacred.I am opposed to the modernisation of Kruger and from the depths of my soul long for the Kruger of yesteryear! 1000+km on foot in KNP incl 56 wild trails.200+ nights in the wildernessndloti-indigenous name for serval.

I quote from memory as I do not have the book with me ...G.L. (Butch) Smuts relates his abovementioned book in one of many interesting stories how while alone and tracking lion in the area close to the Nwanadzi /Satara road his Land Rover collided with a tree stump hidden in the long grass .With the sun low in the sky and the vehicle immobilised with badly bent steering arm (and no radio) he could proceed no further so decided to walk the distance to Nwanedzi , about 12 km along the tar road .By the time he reached the tarred tourist road the sun had allready set and with little chance of passing traffic , as the tourists were allready in camp , he briskly walked , his senses in high alert , frequently stopping to listen for animals , as after a short while it was pitchdark .Around 11 that night he closed the gate of the rangers compound at Nwanedzi .

KNP is sacred.I am opposed to the modernisation of Kruger and from the depths of my soul long for the Kruger of yesteryear! 1000+km on foot in KNP incl 56 wild trails.200+ nights in the wildernessndloti-indigenous name for serval.